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(N0 ModeL) J. M. GRIEST. ATTACHMENT HOLDER FOR SEWING MACHINES. N0. 319,705. Patented June 9, 1885.

WITNESSES: I INVBNTOR JOHN ATENT m me.

M. GRIEST, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SINGER MANU- FACTURING COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY.

ATTACHMENT-HOLDER FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'N'o. 319,705, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed October 27, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. GRIEST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachment-Holders for SewingMachinespf which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

to The object of my invention is to provide convenient means for removably securing sewing-machine attachments in operative positions on the machines. I accomplish this object by constructing a short presser-foot with I5 parallel horizontal grooves extending laterally of the said foot at the heel and toe thereof, leaving a rib between the said grooves, which rib is adapted to be embraced by a forked springplate, to which the attachment is secured.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my attachment-holding presser-foot with a binding attachment secured thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are rear and plan views, respectively,

2 of the same. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the forked plate and its connected attachment removed from the presser-foot, and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail plan and side views, respectively, of the presser-foot.

A is a presser-foot, the shank of which is constructed in any suitable manner, to be removably secured to the presser-bar of a sewingmachine. The foot proper is short, and is provided with a needle-hole, a, near the 3 5 center of the toe, and with parallel horizontal transverse grooves a at the heel and toe of the foot, between which grooves is left a rib, M.

B is a forked plate, the fingers b of which are adapted to fit snugly in the grooves obi 0 the foot A, and to closely embrace the rib a thereof, and to said plate is connected the attachment O.

In the present instance I have shown a bind ing attachment to illustrate my invention, al-

5 though it will be understood that hemmers, guides, rufflers, and other attachments may be (No model.)

connected to forked plates, like the plate B, and thus be adapted to beremovabl y secured to my attachment-holding presser-foot.

The needle-hole Z) in the plate B is preferably somewhat elongated, as shown in Fig. 4, to admit of lateral adjustment of the attachment on the presser-foot, and thus provide for sewing at varying distances from the edge of the goods guided by the attachment. 5

The plate B is made of thin sheet metal, so that the fingers b will elastically embrace the rib a of the presser-foot, and thus hold the attachment firmly in position, while permitting of its lateral adjustment, the end of the plate B being preferably provided with a small upturned lug, b againstwhich the operator can press in applying the said plate to or removing it from the presser-foot.

I do not herein claim,broadly,a presser-foot having transverse grooves at its heel and toe, as such device is claimed in my application No. 146,584., filed simultaneously herewith; but

What I do herein claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a sewing-machine presser-foot provided with transverse grooves having a rib between them, of a forked plate embracing said ribs and adapted to carry an attachment, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a sewing-machine presser-foot provided with transverse grooves, of a forked plate having aslotted or elongated needle-hole and adapted to carry an attachment, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with asewing-machine presser-foot having transverse grooves, of a forked plate adapted to carry an attachment, said plate having an upwardly-turned lug, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 8 5

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. GRIEST.

\Vitnesses:

JOSIAH SIMMs, RICHARD SIMMs. 

